Short Recommendations - Uncle Hugo's

Bujold, Lois McMaster Cryoburn $7.99 (Vorkosigan #13: Hugo Award finalist. Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with
cheating death. When one of their cryocorps - a company whose job it is to shepherd its frozen
patrons into an unknown future - attempts to expand into the Barrayaran Empire, the emperor
sends Miles Vorkosigan to check things out.)
Burroughs, Rick Alan Wake $7.99 (Novel based on the video game. A bestselling crime novelist searches
desperately for his missing wife. His journey will lead him to the edge of madness, bringing him
face to face with a story he doesn't remember writing.)
Caine, Rachel Bite Club $9.99 (Morganville Vampires #10: YA; The new extreme sport on the internet -
fights pitting captured vampires against each other or humans - soon threatens everyone in
Morganville.)
Campbell/Prepolec (ed) Gaslight Arcanum $15.95 (Anthology; Holmes faces the bizarre, the uncanny, and the
arcane in these original stories)
Card, Orson & Emily Laddertop #1 $10.99 (Graphic novel. The alien Givers came, built the Ladders - four giant
towers rising 36,000 miles into space to four space stations that power the entire Earth - then
disappeared. A skilled crew of children perform the maintenance to keep the stations running.
Robbi and Azure, two candidates for Laddertop Academy, become entangled in a dangerous
mystery that may help them solve the riddle of the Givers - if it doesn't destroy the Earth first!)
Card, Orson Scott Pathfinder $10.99 (Serpent World #1: YA; Rigg has a talent for seeing the paths of people's
pasts. When his father dies, Rigg learns the secrets his father had kept from him - about Rigg's
past, his identity, and his destiny. Then Rigg discovers that he also has the power to change
the past.)
Chan, Kylie Red Phoenix $7.99 (Dark Heavens #2: Emma finds a demonic circle of death closing around
her and the people she loves: Xuan Wu, the powerful god she is bound to, and his young
daughter Simone, whom Emma has sworn to protect. )
Chandler, David A Thief in the Night $7.99 (Ancient Blades #2: Malden fears accompanying Croy and the
barbarian Morget on their quest to dispatch a foul creature of nightmare, nor does he want to
disturb the vengeful dead. But with an assassin on his heels, the young cutpurse is left with no
choice.)
Chane, Lee Arthur Magebane $7.99 (400 years ago, war drove the MageLords to a distant place, separated from
those they had ruled by a magical barrier. They became legend, and people turned to science
to improve their lives. But if one man has his way, all that is about to change.)
Clare, Cassandra Clockwork Angel $10.99 (Infernal Devices #1: YA; 1878: Searching London's underworld for
her missing brother, Tessa soon finds that her only allies are the demon-slaying
Shadowhunters. They find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret
organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans with a magical army of unstoppable
clockwork creatures - and plans to rule the British Empire.)
Cody, Christine In Blood We Trust $7.99 (Bloodlands #3: PBO; Mariah and Gabriel return to the Bloodlands
to face the horrors of Mariah's past and the uncertainties of Gabriel's future - and to make a
final stand for their lives and their love.)
Correia, L/Kupari, M Dead Six $7.99 (PBO; Michael Valentine, veteran and former elite mercenary, is recruited by
the government to conduct a secret counter-terror operation in the Persian Gulf. He runs afoul
of assassin/thief Lorenzo, whose team has infiltrated the terrorist network to pull off a heist.
Now Lorenzo has a new object: kill Valentine. (Military thriller, not sf.); Bookplates signed by
both authors expected)
Crowther, Peter Darkness Falling $12.99 (Forever Twilight #1: A predawn flash of unearthly light cuts off
Jesman's Bend from communication with the outside world. When four employees of the local
radio station investigate, they find the town depopulated. Then familiar folk reappear, all
wearing concealing sunglasses and gloves, and driven by malignant alien motives revealed
when they descend en masse upon the terrified foursome.)
Czerneda, Julie (ed) Tesseracts 15: A Case of Quite Curious Tales $15.95 (YA; Anthology; original sf, fantasy
and horror stories that engage the imagination, inspire dreams, and leave hope in their wake)
Davidson, MaryJanice Wolf at the Door $15.00 (Wyndham Werewolves #4: PBO; Rachel, a werewolf/accountant, is
asked to keep one eye on Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor and the other peeled for a rogue
werewolf who's itching to start a war. But her attention is mostly on a sexy, mysterious stranger
she wishes she could trust. )
Day, Sylvia A Touch of Crimson $7.99 (Renegade Angels #1: PBO; The leader of a Seraphim Special
Ops unit finds the soul of his lost mortal love inhabiting a new body - and this time, he doesn't
mean to let her go.)
Deck, J/Herson, B The Great Typo Hunt $14.00 (Nonfiction; armed with permanent markers, correction fluid,
and other tools, the authors spent several months circumnavigating the US on a quest to right
the wrongs of poor punctuation.)
Dickens/Gray, Sarah A Vampire Christmas Carol $15.00 (With three spirits to guide him, Ebenezer rediscovers
his lost love Belle - seamstress by day, vampire hunter by night. His nephew Fred and his clerk
Bob Cratchit are her loyal soldiers. And an attack is planned against them, beginning with the
sacrifice of Tiny Tim.)